Wines from Piekenierskloof
A selection of Piekenierskloof wines available through South African Wines.
Swartland, South Africa
Piekenierskloof takes its name from the Dutch soldiers, the Piekeniers, sent out from the Cape centuries ago to explore the wild country around the Olifants River. They left behind a name; the vines came later. Today the estate is something of a Grenache headquarters, working with some of the largest old-vine Grenache plantings in the Cape, including un-grafted bush vines planted back in the 1950s. Winemaker Hendrien Vercueil keeps the focus where it should be: small yields, meticulous farming, and Rhône-inspired wines that taste unmistakably of where they come from. This straw wine is a quieter side of the cellar, but it carries the same fingerprint.
A selection of Piekenierskloof wines available through South African Wines.
Swartland, 'the black land' in Afrikaans, named for the renosterbos that darkens after rain, rolls out north of Cape Town across the hills around Malmesbury and Riebeek-Kasteel. It's hot, dry, and stubbornly characterful: a place of old bush vines, granite and koffieklip soils, and a community of growers who've made it the most quietly thrilling corner of South African wine. Concentration, freshness, and a wild streak you don't find elsewhere, that's Swartland in a glass.
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